Friedrich Wilhelm Bock

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Service/branch Waffen-SS Name Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock		Rank Oberfuhrer Years of service 1915–45

Born 6 May 1897Wreschen, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Wrzesnia, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland ( 1897-05-06 ) Battles/wars World War IWorld War II Died March 11, 1978, Hanover, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commands held 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
Battles and wars World War I, World War II

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (6 May 1897 – 11 March 1978) was a German Waffen-SS commander during World War II who led three SS divisions, the SS Division Hohenstaufen, 4th SS Polizei Division, Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian). He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 July 1917)

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 August 1941)

Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (16 September 1941)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer and Oberstleutnant of the Schupo and commander of the II./SS-Polizei-Artillerie-Regiment 4

570th Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"

References

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock Wikipedia

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